Press release

Georges Laplante: "We picked it up"

Sho Kuboyama, Japan Captain: “We wanted to finish the tournament with a victory. Unfortunately we couldn’t not finish the way we wanted, with a victory."

Tyler Sanders, Canada Captain: "I'm really pleased to get to end the tournament with a win. We started slow in the first set, but showed more energy and discipline as the match went on."

Noriaki Sako, Japan Coach: “I´m sorry we lost on the last day. Canada wasn’t also in their best quality, but they were better mentally. One of the reasons was because we couldn’t get our team together during the match. I salute everyone from Japan, for their highs and lows during this tournament”.

Georges Laplante, Canada Coach: “We are very happy about the win today. Even though one of our starters was injured (Nicholas Hoag), we picked it up."